Luchasaurus Reveals How He Injured His Shoulder, Gives Recovery Timeline

Luchasaurus has been sidelined since December with a shoulder injury. He was taken out by The Demand at AEW Worlds End and AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash, but the injury occurred shortly before.

Speaking to Chris Jericho on Talk Is Jericho, Luchasaurus explained how the injury happened.

“I was supposed to go maybe do a Santa Claus thing (at AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash), but you have to be ready to wrestle. When I got too excited because the Knicks won the (NBA) Cup, I was drinking on the plane and up all night. I didn’t sleep. They finally won something! I waited 40 years for this. We get there and Tony (Khan) is like, do you want to be in this battle royal? I’m not going to say no to the boss, who just flew me out here. ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ It was a fun spot with Shelton Benjamin, he threw Ricochet to me and I caught him in a chokeslam. Somehow, my shoulder went ‘pop, pop.’ I had a partial tear when I wrestled [Jack] in 2022, that’s how dangerous he is [sarcasm], because when he works his friends, they tell you to hit the big guys as hard as you can,” he said.

He competed in the Dynamite Diamond Ring 2025 Battle Royal on the December 17 episode of AEW Dynamite. The New York Knicks won the NBA Cup on December 16.

Jack Perry, who was also on the podcast, noted that his mentor, who he did not name, told him to always lay it in with the big guys.

“I partially tore the rotator cuff and worked through it. We did a PRP injection and band-aided it for a while. Four years (later), they both went. It happened. I got the first one done in February. The surgeon wanted to wait six months, but we’re trying to do a faster timeline because we want to get back. I’m going to do the next one three months after, which is a little scary, but I want to get back as soon as I can. I wanted to do them both at the same time, but as soon as I got one done, I realized it would have been insane. It would have been a disaster,” he said.

He has remained on television in a brief capacity, driving the bus for Perry.

It is unknown when he will return to the ring.

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